offset voltage

Forum discussion tagged with offset voltage.
  1. A

    [SOLVED] Undervolting 3800X

    I have a 3800X with PBO enabled (motherboard limits, 2x scalar). I am seeing 4600Mhz max boosts, and average boosts under load around 4200. ambient of 24, idle 29, cinebench R20 5025-5050 @75C I have tried a -0.10V offset in the BIOS, which resulted in a drop in temperature under heavy load of...
  2. markofiu

    Question Offset kinda settings on Gigabyte mobo?

    Hey. I saw a video of an offset voltage setting, that with that setting you can run your cpu about 65C instead of 80-85C while stress testing. He did that with an Asus mobo. I'm kinda curious that is there a setting like that in Gigabyte mobos as well just under an other name? Or is that fine if...
  3. M

    Core 2 Quad into unsupported LGA 775 motherboard

    I'm planning to buy an LGA 775 motherboard off ebay for my Core2Quad Q6600, but all the low-end OEMs I can find seem to only officially support Pentiums or Celerons. Here is an example: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00783599 Would it still work, or what motherboard can I get?
  4. J

    Crazy CPU usage

    Hey there. I'm having trouble on my laptop. Recently I fixed up an old laptop and everything, seems to be ok apart from one thing, and that's my CPU usage. It's spiking through the roof from 10% - 70%+ nearly every 20 seconds. This seems to be directly related my my FPS drop when playing games...